The trailer above really captures the dramatic, spastic and somewhat incoherent film style of the documentary “Power Trip: Theatrically Berkeley,” by filmmaker Emio Tomeoni. The showing—Monday at the PFA—was attended by Tomeoni himself and an oddly boisterous crowd of twenty or so Berkeley residents in their forties.
The film claimed to be about Measure G, passed in 2006 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent in the city by 2050. According to the pamphlet handed out at the showing: “This film intended to follow Berkeley leadership from City Hall to the grass roots as they blaze a path to success, and set an example for the nation.” The only part of that statement that we could really agree with is the word “blaze.” read more »
Thanks to filmmaker Emio Tomeoni, society at large has further grounds to believe all Berkeleyites worship the Mayan underworld and drive solar-powered cupcakes.
In his forthcoming documentary, Power Trip: Theatrically Berkeley, the Bay Area native managed to capture footage of Zachary RunningWolf’s 2008 mayoral campaign, the Global Citizen Awards at UC Berkeley’s very own International House, and all the major dramz surrounding the passage of Measure G in 2006.
The screening is happening this Monday, Oct. 26 at our very own Pacific Film Archive at 2575 Bancroft Way. Free for UC Berkeley students and faculty, $5 with other valid school ID, $8 for everyone else.
Image Source: A Gude under Creative Commons
Oaks, Oxen, and the Apocalypse [East Bay Express]
BAM/PFA [site]
Hey guys, how was your break? Wow that’s fascinating, oh cool look at this:
The campus says no charges will be filed in last semester’s Eshleman Incident due to “inconsistent and ambiguous” testimonies. [Daily Cal]
The Center for Student Conduct and Community Standards will therefore conduct its own investigation, but none of us will know anything about any of it. [NewsCenter]
Berkeley residents argue their cell phone coverage is quite fine, thank you very much, and we don’t need your fancy schmancy telegram poles. [Daily Planet]
A more intense meaning is given to the phrase “starving artist” as Bay Area artists get hit by the recession. Also, galleries close. [InsideBayArea]
Posted by Christine Borden on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 01:27 pm
Say it isn’t so! Nine people involved in the oak grove tree-sit were sentenced by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Marshall Whitley. Three of the tree-sitter crew received jail time: Kingman Lim, Zachary RunningWolf and Michael Schuck. That’s five days plus a portion of the university’s attorney fees.
The remaining six will serve 50 hours of community service each. Say what? What about those hundreds of days saving the trees, you ask. That wasn’t just community service–that was Earth service.
Image Source: Skyler Reid, Daily Cal
Sentences handed down in UC Berkeley protest [SF Chron]
Nine people sentenced for involvement in UC Berkeley tree-sit [Oakland Trib]
via SFist
Richard Muller, professor of the “Best Class on Campus,” Physics for Future Presidents (formerly Physics for Poets, Physics for Dummies and Physics for Jocks), tells the next President what he needs to know to lead our nation. We’re taking a wild guess that Bush never tuned in to Professor Muller’s lectures, which are podcasted weekly, but we hope Obama is listening. read more »
Election Day is at hand, and the fate of the universe hangs in the balance. Obviously, that provides the perfect opportunity for the Clog to liveblog the election results. Keep checking back throughout the day for updates on what’s the haps around the country with some stuff on the local goodies.
Posted by Jill Cowan on Thursday, September 11, 2008 07:22 pm
Um, this is awkward:
For more cringe-worthy, “WTF?”-inducing fun check out KatyDBates’s YouTube channel. Yes, channel. Highlights include “The Final Oak Grove Scuffle” and “Lesbo FTW.” And by highlights, we mean, well–you’ll see …
Update: Sorry that the video is no longer working. Hm. Ain’t it strange that not a day after we post, the channel’s “account is closed?” Curiouser and curiouser.
ZRW Breaks it Down UC Brekeley (sic) [YouTube]
KatyDBates Channel [YouTube]
It’s about time we respond to your comments. This week we received a little outside research from our readers, so we decided to share some recommended reading for you all. You don’t even have any real homework just yet, so you might as well take a look.
Last Thursday marked the last day the Daily Cal published on its summer schedule. You can expect a whole new slew of news pieces, columns, movie reviews and sudoku (because seriously, who does the crossword?) starting a week from Monday.
But that doesn’t mean we’ll be gone! The Clog will still be around this week to keep you up to date with all the (ir)relevant tree-people news, facebook updates and other nonhappenings of a Berkeley summer (that is, while it lasts).
Posted by Christine Borden on Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:12 pm
Zachary RunningWolf tries his best, he really does. As of Aug. 11, though, RunningWolf is disqualified from the Berkeley mayoral race for failing to obtain enough valid signatures on his nomination form.
Honestly, we commiserate with the activist-of-all-trades–paperwork is a bitch. Or maybe he’s just bad at math? Candidates had to collect 20 valid signatures. RunningWolf only had 18.
Perhaps names like “Dumpster Muffin” cost RunningWolf’s qualification? We may never know, but we think it’s likely there’s a conspiracy theory behind all of this.
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Zachary RunningWolf tries his best, he really does. As of Aug. 11, though, RunningWolf is 